1950 in television - Definition and Overview

See also: 1949 in television, other events of 1950, 1951 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Events

• February 12 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
• February 23 - First televised report of general election results in the UK.
• July 11 - Andy Pandy premieres in the UK.
• September 29 - BBC Television first broadcasts Come Dancing, which will run for over 40 years.
• September 30 - First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.
• October 10 - The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20.
• First television broadcast station in Mexico.
• First television broadcast stations in Brazil.
• The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches the one million mark.

Debuts

• February 2 - What's My Line (1950) debuts on CBS (1950-1967)
• February 25 - Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC (1950-1954)
• July 10 - Your Hit Parade premieres on NBC
• September 7 - The game show Truth or Consequences debuts (1950-1988)
• October 28 - The Jack Benny Show, starring Jack Benny, premiers (1950-1965)
• Cisco Kid debuted, starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo (1950-1956)
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts (1950-1958)

Popular television shows

• Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1946-1960)
• Picture Page (UK) (1936-1939; 1946-1952)
• Howdy Doody (1947-1960)
• Kraft Television Theater (1947-1958)
• Meet the Press (1947-present)
• Candid Camera (1948-present)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• The Texaco Star Theater (1948-1953)
• Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949-1954)
• The Goldbergs (1949-1955)
• The Voice of Firestone (1949-1963)

Ending this year

• Mary Kay and Johnny (1947-1950)

Births

• January 2 - Belinda Giblin, Australian actress
• January 17 - Andy Kaufman, actor, comedian (†1984)
• January 20 - Liza Goddard, British actress
• April 26 - Warren Clarke, actor
• April 28 - Jay Leno, comedian
• September 21 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live
• September 29 - Patricia Hodge,British actress
• October 31 - John Candy, comedian and actor
• December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)